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Personal Statement
John Bachtler is Professor of European Policy Studies and a Director of the European Policies Research Centre. His research experience is principally in regional and industrial development in Europe, encompassing the economic development policies of the EU28 Member States and several other European countries, the structural and cohesion policies of the European Union, EU integration and enlargement. He has led EPRC research on regional policy, rural development, territorial development, foreign investment, RTDI and policy evaluation. He has been an expert adviser to numerous government departments across Western, Central and Eastern Europe, and an adviser to European organisations (European Parliament, European Commission, Committee of the Regions, European Court of Auditors, Assembly of European Regions)as well as the OECD and Nordic Council of Ministers. He has been an Expert Adviser to ten EU Presidencies over the past 15 years on budgetary, policy and regulatory reform, and directs the IQ-Net programme of research and knowledge-exchange on the management and implementation of Structural Funds across the EU. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and Fellow of the Regional Studies Association.
Keywords
- Regional policy
- Regional development
- European integration
- EU Cohesion policy
- EU Structural and Investment Funds
- Administrative capacity
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Projects 2005 2020
Regional Policy in the European Union: A Comparative Assessment (EoRPA Scotland)
Bachtler, J., Davies, S., Michie, R. & Wishlade, F.
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Research Output 1987 2018
Beyond Brexit: reshaping policies for regional development in Europe
Bachtler, J. & Begg, I. 4 Jan 2018 In : Papers in Regional Science. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
regional policy
regional development
group cohesion
EU
cohesion
Cohesion policy implementation, performance and communication: Scotland case study
Dozhdeva, V., Mendez, C. & Bachtler, J. 30 Jun 2018 Glasgow: University of Strathclyde, 93 p.Research output: Working paper › Case study
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Cohesion policy
Communication
Policy implementation
Scotland
Governance
Prizes
Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, 2002-present
John Bachtler (Recipient), Jan 2008
Prize: Election to learned society
social science
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
John Bachtler (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities 2005 2009
UHI Centre for Remote and Rural Studies, (External organisation)
Bachtler, J. (Member)2009 → …
Activity: Membership of board
RSA International Conference
Bachtler, J. (Organiser)2009 → 2010
Activity: Organiser of major conference
Impacts
Impact of research on the implementation of EU Cohesion policy on the European Commission's legislative proposals for the reform of the policy
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